The conversion therapy allegory that’s making Pluribus resonate with queer audiences
Pluribus’ writers have approached the topic of conversion therapy in a way that is both thoughtful and chilling.
Words by Just Like Us ambassador Kat Ivankovic
Pluribus took Apple TV watchers by storm at the end of 2025, and its LGBTQIA+ fans have continued to grow in number as we’ve entered the new year.
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan provides us with a post-apocalyptic sci-fi dystopian brain teaser: What if the whole of humanity was one smiling hivemind? And what if they all wanted Carol Sturka, a grumpy, lesbian romance author from New Mexico, to join Them?
The series follows Carol’s journey of newfound isolation as everyone on Planet Earth becomes a kind yet deceptive mass overnight. After an alien virus spreads globally, mysterious forces give the population a communal seizure and Carol loses her wife Helen. Carol realises she’s immune, and suddenly, completely alone.
As we explore Carol’s relationship with the hivemind, the 12 other conscious humans across the globe and human agency itself, we discover more about her past, most notably in the fourth episode. In conversation with Zosia, her hivemind-provided sexy chaperone who knows everything about her, Carol creates a parallel of the hivemind and “Freedom Falls”. “Tell me about Camp f***king Freedom Falls.”
From Tyneside to the South Coast, meet the LGBTQIA+ fans proving football belongs to everyone
Gay Times has teamed up with the Premier League as part of their new Premier League with Pride initiative, a community-centric project centering inclusivity and acceptance across the game launching in tandem with LGBT History Month.
